Chapter 758: Retreating (Medium)
When Alicia and the others supported the rear position, the pressure on Trode's side directly increased several times - whether it was infantry or tanks, the forward position was reduced by half in an instant. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, if you want to rescue the rear troops, you shouldn't need so many troops, but Trode still oversent the troops, which is not his calculation error, but he wants to withdraw the rear troops as quickly as possible. If you send the right number of troops, it is very likely that you will continue to be in a tug-of-war with the enemy, and under the back-and-forth battle, the troops will definitely be lost faster.
Since two-fifths of the tanks were brought out at one time, the formation would definitely not be arranged as before. In order not to reveal their intentions at the outset, when moving forces to the rear positions, Trode and the adjutant deliberately placed the troops that were ready to support the rear on one side of the position, while those units that were planned to remain on the defensive were shrunk to the other side.
Trood has been changing formations, so this change did not attract the attention of the Soviets, who took it for granted that this was actually the same as before, and it was just a regular change of formation by the German army. But it only took a moment for them to be completely dumbfounded, because the Germans had completely emptied a third of their positions in an instant, and only defended more than half of the remaining positions.
Because the action is too fast, even the speed is a little weird. This actually made the Soviet army, which was already in high spirits, slow down, and deliberately avoided the empty position, and steadily advanced. It seems that they have completely taken this part of the retreat tactic as a trap for Trood.
For this reaction of the Soviet army, Trode wanted to laugh a little. Because if this were the Northern Army Group that had fought with them before, it was estimated that it would definitely launch the fastest surprise attack and directly occupy this empty area at all costs. However, the troops of Army Group Center in front of them actually missed this opportunity because of their suspicions. However, if you change the way of thinking, you can know that the benefits of these Soviet troops in front of you still outweigh the disadvantages in general, after all, the battlefield is a world of deceit, and no one knows whether the enemy is in more than one trap. It's the same thing that the suspicious Andrei firmly believes in - when you see the enemy making the lowest mistakes, maybe it's a sign that you're going to be badly lucky.
Since they can take this position smoothly, there is no need for the Soviet army in front of them to risk a direct breakthrough, which will only increase the uncertainty of this battle, after all, compared with the rapid annihilation of this group of German troops, their main goal is still in this position itself. And it was precisely because of the Soviet army's mentality of winning steadily that Trode just gave Trode a fairly good respite.
Although in this case, if you make some small moves, it may make this scam more realistic, but considering that as soon as Alyssia and their side retreat, this tactic will be exposed, so forget about this icing on the cake. With this effort, it is better to strengthen the defense of the remaining areas.
Speaking of defense, Trood still has more than half of the position left in their hands, but due to the absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, it seems impossible to hold this half of the position. Under the joint plan of Trode and the adjutant, they were prepared to hold only one-third to one-quarter of the area of the forward position, and so many positions they now occupied were used for the sake of bluffing on the one hand, and as a buffer zone for themselves on the other, after all, if they shrunk into a ball as soon as they came up, they would definitely be directly surrounded by the enemy and beaten badly.
So far in the battle, although none of the tanks in Trood have been destroyed, they have been baptized by countless shells, and they have also been carried by hard armor. Truth be told, Trood had never been so worried about the armor of his tank. Even in North Africa, when his tank was pierced by a shell, although it turned out to be a dud, it did not explode and hurt anyone in the tank. At first, Trode could be said to have never thought that he would be penetrated, but the weak area of his tank was still penetrated; But now, although he was always worried, not a single shell was lucky enough to penetrate their armor.
However, compared to Trood, the two PAK40s that were completely exposed were far less lucky, and their bulletproof steel plates were completely ineffective against shells. Although both PAK40s were heavily surrounded, the Soviet tanks were clearly more interested in them than they were in the Trood tanks. On the one hand, because their firepower is much more ferocious than that of tank guns, and on the other hand, although they have the help of bunkers, their protection ability is too weak compared to tanks with armor protection and trenches to hide, so after the Soviet tanks approached, it didn't take long for the two PAK40s to be knocked out one after another. Although some soldiers tried to make up for it, after the bunker was blown up, these soldiers who used the broken artillery had a more tragic fate than the previous artillery, and they followed in the footsteps of those artillery without using a few shells......
After the loss of two PAK40s and two tanks, the anti-tank capabilities of the forward positions have been sharply reduced by more than half, and even only a third. If it weren't for the fact that Hilde's Tiger could still resist the footsteps of the Soviet T-34 by relying on its hard armor and sharp 88mm main gun, it is estimated that these Soviet troops would really rush up to engage them in a white-knuckle battle.
As he waited for Alicia, Trode looked at his watch more and more often, counting the time, and the enemy in front of him soon learned of their true intentions and rushed straight at them. Although Trode was already gasping for breath by this time, he still did not use the radio to contact Alicia and urge them to speed up. After all, no matter which team member is at this time, they have fully understood the importance of time, and the urging at this time is unnecessary, and it will not play any role at all except for the burden it can bring to the team members.
And just as Trode was anxiously waiting, a voice finally came from the long-silent wireless communication...... (To be continued.) )